Psalm 118:8-9 “It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.” The spiritual battle for the hearts and minds of people is at an all-time high! I want to focus my attention on the Epicenter which is Israel and Jerusalem this week! Remember that you are the Lords and He is in control as these verses remind us! We just experienced the 70th anniversary of the UN vote to reestablish the State of Israel which was Nov.29th 1947. What has Satan done to thwart the will of God—advanced his hatred of Jews and Christians to an all-time high! Consider these events:
It is apparent that the Russian, Turkish, and Iranian alliance is strengthening. The leaders, Putin of Russia, Rouhani of Iran, and Erdogan of Turkey made important decisions regarding Syria and the Middle East at a conference recently. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Iranian and Turkish presidents had agreed to support a Russian proposal for a “Syrian people’s congress.” This has never happened before in history. I have said that the last few months in regard to the Gog–Magog alliance which is forming quickly. It has unprecedented prophetical importance. Look at these headlines:
The Jerusalem Post reported:
“SOCHI, Russia/RIYADH – Russia’s Vladimir Putin hosted the presidents of Turkey and Iran to discuss Syria on Wednesday, launching a major diplomatic push to finally end a civil war that has been all but won by the government of President Bashar Assad.” This has caused a battle line between those who want Assad to step down as leader of Syria and those who want him to stay.
“Syrian opposition groups, meeting in Saudi Arabia to seek a unified position ahead of peace talks, decided to stick to their demand that Assad leave power, Al Arabiya television reported, following speculation they might soften their stance after their hardline leader quit.”
Saudi Arabia wants Assad to go and Russia wants him to stay. The Russians are clear: Iran deserves to be in Syria because they helped Assad stay in power, all others need to leave. They also said that Israel does not have the right to attack Iranian troops in Syria!
Russian Ambassador to Israel, Alexander Shein, wrote this last week Nov.26th: “The Russian Aerospace Forces and Russian Navy made it possible to defeat the most of the terrorists’ “army” and destroy their military infrastructure. Approximately 45,000 militants, including over 210 field commanders, about 800 training camps, 550 munition factories and 3,000 units of military equipment were eliminated. The people of Syria are finally getting a real chance to lead a peaceful life. However, they are bound to do it among the ruins given that radical Islamists have destroyed or plundered schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure.” Russia is claiming that all of the people that the USA and Saudi Arabia supported are terrorists. They are very clear that they are bringing peace and the USA is bringing war. This led to Saudi Arabia actually openly supporting Israel which has never happened!
KUWAITI WRITER ABDULLAH AL-HADLAQ: ISRAEL IS A LEGITIMATE STATE, NOT AN OCCUPIER; THERE WAS NO PALESTINE; I SUPPORT ISRAEL-GULF-U.S. ALLIANCE TO ANNIHILATE HIZBULLAH (MEMRI TV November 19, 2017)
The establishment of a three-way alliance; Israel, USA, and Arab Gulf States versus Russia, Turkey, and Iran is forming quickly. The battle lines are going up around Syria and Lebanon. First goal of the Saudi’s is to annihilate Hezbollah.
AS much as Saudi Arabia is courting war, Tehran is winning the war for the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is on a warpath against Iran, but they have not won anything yet in the war. The last few years the track record for Saudi Arabia is dismal. Iraq has ceased to exist as an independent nation and now is in the Iranian orbit. Lebanon is in the Iranian orbit and Hezbollah controls much of the government, or its influence does. Syria has always been in the Iranian orbit and now it has defeated all of the Sunni attempts to bring down the Iranian regime, and her puppet in Pres. Bashir Assad. The dismal failure brought the power of the Russians to bear on the conflict and they are not going away. Yemen is now falling into the Iranian orbit and Saudi Arabia has failed in its war with the Houthi rebels.
Why is Russia in Syria? It is because it wants to control all of the oil and gas that is in the Middle East. In the last few days, YNET news from Israel said, “Putin holds victory summit in Russia with Erdogan and Rouhani.” What is clear from the article to me is that Russia is the main power in the Middle East. It used to be that America was the main power in the Middle East and that went away under President Obama. I think that it was Gods will for Obama to cause the USA to leave the Middle East so that prophecy could come true. Now the USA is in a terrible situation regarding all that is going on there. Israel is isolated, in spite of all the bluster coming from nations that support her. The prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39 says that the west and Saudi Arabia will protest, not act against the Russians and Iranians when they attack Israel. We are inconsequential in the Middle East and Russia has the power. Ezekiel 38-39 is coming true before our eyes.
The meeting in Sochi revealed an interesting fact. It revealed that Russia is protecting Iran’s right to have a military base in Syria, close to the Israeli border. Breaking Israel News reported on Nov.20th, “Is Iran Trying to Bring Islamic End of Days in Syria?” The answer is yes, they want to start a war so that the Muslim messiah can reveal himself. It is Muslim prophecy—the arrival of the Mahdi (Muslim messiah) will coincide with the arrival of the Christian Messiah who will help the Mahdi kill the antichrist and Jesus will declare that He is a Muslim and will kill all Christians who do not convert. This is Islamic doctrine for the leaders in Iran. The current leader of Iran believes all of the turmoil in Saudi Arabia is a sign from Allah that the end of days is here.
Russia Today reported on Nov.24th that “Putin is crowned ‘worlds energy czar’ with Saudi’s bowing to reality.” A few years ago, the Russians tried and failed to make a deal with Israel over her gas reserves. Then two years ago, Israel struck oil making them energy independent for the next 500 years. Israel is planning on selling gas to Europe, this will cut into Russian business in Europe. Russia is not going to let that happen. The hook in the jaw is oil and gas, Israel has reserves that have the Russians nervous. Jesus said that the frequency of the signs would increase as we got closer to the end. They are coming at a quick pace!
I have been waiting all week for the next round of votes about Israel to happen at the UN. They finally happened yesterday and what a whopper it was. The Jerusalem Post reported Dec.1st 2017, “151 UN STATES VOTE TO DISAVOW ISRAELI TIES TO JERUSALEM.” This comes as the Trump administration considers moving its embassy to Jerusalem, and I have been praying the last few weeks that we move the embassy! Please pray for this even as the world fulfills prophecy by declaring a lie about Jerusalem. The article went on to say: “The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to disavow Israeli ties to Jerusalem as part of six anti-Israel resolutions it approved on Thursday in New York. The vote was 151 in favor and six against, with nine abstentions. In New York, only six countries out of 193 UN member states fully supported Israel’s ties Jerusalem: Canada, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, the United States and Israel itself. The nine countries who abstained were: Australia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Honduras, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Sudan and Togo.” Notice that Saudi Arabia and the gulf states are not represented in the no or abstention votes.
The resolution stated that “any actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem are illegal and therefore null and void and have no validity whatsoever.” So lets get this straight—the Knesset Building which is the congress of Israel is in Jerusalem and this resolution says that any action they take is illegal. That means just meeting for the administration of Israeli government business is illegal. HUH!
“On Thursday, all the EU member states voted against Israel and in favor of the Jerusalem resolution, including countries that abstained or opposed the same text at UNESCO.”
There were six resolutions and one of them had a direct connection to the Gog-Magog prophecy. “Among the six resolutions was one, sponsored by Syria, which condemned Israel’s continued presence on the Golan Heights. It was approved with 105 nations in favor, six against and 58 who abstained.” As I said at the beginning of this update, I have never seen these things before. Prophecy is being set up to be fulfilled like we have never seen. How awesome is that! Israel responded to the resolutions and said this: “Israel noted the absurdity of such a resolution at a time when the Syrian regime was using chemical weapons against its own citizens while Israel was treating the wounded of that conflict who managed to cross its borders.”
As Satan works his evil, remember that the Lord gives us the promise of I Thess.4:15-18 “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” You will not see the tribulation and antichrist cannot come until we are gone. Comfort each other this week over that truth!
